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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Cheyenne, WY

August 4, 2011Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2011, 5:18 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2011, 5:18 PM MDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2011, 8:04 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2131 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

738 
WGUS55 KCYS 042318
FFWCYS
WYC021-050530-
/O.NEW.KCYS.FF.W.0022.110804T2318Z-110805T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
518 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

* UNTIL 1130 PM MDT

* AT 515 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THESE 
  THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE       
  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN      
  1 AND 2 INCHES DURING THE LAST HOUR.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CARPENTER.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 4100 10455 4116 10454 4115 10405 4100 10406

$$

COX
1 follow-up statement
388 
WGUS75 KCYS 050204
FFSCYS

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
804 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011

WYC021-050219-
/O.CAN.KCYS.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110805T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LARAMIE WY-
804 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LARAMIE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 4100 10455 4116 10454 4115 10405 4100 10406

$$

COX

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSGoshen60 min
Aug 4, 4:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCYSLaramie22 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Wyoming, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.